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A warning today that our health-care system may not be fully prepared for Canada to host World Cup games later his year. Emergency care is already strained and there are questions about how to cope with hundreds of thousands of soccer fans set to descend on Vancouver. Grace Ke has the story.

A Pincher Creek, Alta. woman says she was turned away from her local health centre despite having a genuine need to be there. As Justin Sibbet reports, she’s now afraid to go back despite claiming to have had positive interactions with other staff previously.

Transparency troubles around health-care data are being flagged by Nova Scotia’s auditor general. Kim Adair has released a new report, which calls on the province to improve its public reporting on the progress being made to the system. Skye-Bryden Blom reports.

A Pincher Creek, Alta. woman says she was turned away from her local health centre despite having a genuine need to be there. As Justin Sibbet reports, she’s now afraid to go back despite claiming to have had positive interactions with other staff previously.

Dr. Brian Conway of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre discusses why some doctors are sounding the alarm about an influx of World Cup fans to Vancouver, and the potential strain they could put on local hospitals.

A Winnipeg couple is speaking out over poor communication in Manitoba’s healthcare system. Marney Blunt reports.

In her first-full year as premier, Susan Holt was faced with a historic fire season, provincial funding concerns, and countless health-care concerns surrounding her government. Holt sat down with Global News reporter Anna Mandin to discuss this and more in a year-end interview.

Ten rural emergency rooms across Saskatchewan were closed or facing extended closures as Christmas Eve arrived, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Facilities in communities including Davidson, Hudson Bay, Outlook, Oxbow and Spiritwood were closed for much of the day, while Leader and Melville were scheduled to remain closed through Christmas Eve.

The B.C. government has introduced new legislation that will give health-care workers better legal protection when they treat people admitted for involuntary mental health care. Rumina Daya reports.

The Alberta government has introduced new legislation aimed at expanding private health care in the province for those who can afford to pay. The legislation would permit some doctors to practice in both the public and private systems. The government insists that there will be safeguards to ensure patient access to care and that the...

A compassionate team of health-care professionals is now bringing end-of-life care to people experiencing homelessness in Montreal. Global’s Dan Spector reports.

Health-care spending in Canada is on track to reach nearly $400 billion in 2025, outpacing the country’s economic growth by 2 per cent. Inflation and an aging population are some of the main drivers of this increase according to a new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Katherine Ward has this story and...

The details of Alberta’s dual health-care system have arrived. The province intends to bring in the new practice, but critics are already concerned it will prioritize private care and snub the public system. Morgan Black has more.

Thousands of Alberta health-care workers will stay on the job. This comes after a tentative deal was announced between the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) and Alberta Health Services minutes after the strike began. The last-minute deal brings a possible end to more than 20 months of bargaining. Jaclyn Kucey has the details.

The Alberta government could be about to make a major change when it comes to how doctors serve their patients. Draft legislation obtained by the Globe and Mail claims the Alberta government will allow doctors to work in both public health care and private facilities at the same time. While it hasn’t officially been brought...

Close to 20,000 Palestinian children and adults hope to leave Gaza through the Rafah crossing to access much-needed medical care. Several medical evacuees were allowed to exit the region into Egypt on Monday after the long-awaited reopening of the border crossing. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Feb. 3, 2026. 

After a scathing report by the federal correctional investigator, there’s a renewed spotlight on one Canadian senator’s proposed bill to change how the system treats inmates who need mental health care. It’s named after a woman who spent more than a decade in solitary confinement. She was, as Heidi Petracek explains, eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia,...

The Alberta government hopes 1,000 hospital beds and targeted investments will improve capacity and patient flow through the province’s health care system. Critics, however, say the plan is doomed without addressing personnel shortage. Drew Stremick reports.

It’s been four years since the Time Houston government promised universal mental health care. However, the PCs still don’t have a timeline for its roll out to all Nova Scotians. Skye Bryden-Blom reports.

The mental health and well-being of military personnel are paramount. They sacrifice so much to serve their countries and so do their families, who move frequently, spend long periods of time apart from their loved ones, and often witness the battles their partners have with PTSD. And now, the spouses of some Canadian veterans are...